all the supporters of chavez outside the presidential palace. other latin american leaders have arrived to honor him. he ain't there. what does this mean in terms of what we're seeing, in terms of support, and yet his absence in the political sense? >> it's all about presenting the world an image. an image that the government is presenting a unified front. telling the world we are here, we are together, we're -- we're totally behind the figure of this man, president hugo chavez. there's a party going on. the problem is, the party is being thrown in honor of hugo chavez, and he's still in venezuela -- >> cuba. >> in cuba, excuse me. he was supposed to be sworn in today. and also, michael, today it's a month to the day that he left venezuela to go get cancer surgery in cuba. and nobody really knows exactly how serious his condition is. >> this is an extraordinary thing. we can discuss this here and on cnn international, as well. what is up with this? you've got the president of a country in another country being treated, nobody knows what it is he